Half Moon Bay California Fishing Reports

Baseline Marine Reserve Study Trapping by Tom Mattusch (9/05/2008)
Monday thorugh Thursday, Huli Cat was trapping fish in the newly established Marine Rserve area below Ano Nuevo Island. The purpose was to establish a baseline to examine the success of the reserve process.

Squid Fishing Trip by Tom Mattusch (8/31/2008)
Brought in 8 ive squid and about 2 dozen for the fish boxes. Some previous spots didn't fish as well, found a new one. Water was sloppy, wind wasn't bad.

First Humboldt Squid of 2008 by Tom Mattusch (8/24/2008)
Huli Cat made a test run out for Humboldt squid. Departure time was Midnight. We caught squid and brought some back alive.

Huli Cat Rockcod 8/23 by Tom Mattusch (8/23/2008)
8 limits of rockcod for 8 anglers. Slight southerly breeze. Fishing was a little slow and we did get limits.

Baseline MLPA Catch & Release by Tom Mattusch (8/14/2008)
9 Anglers fished inside the Marine Reserve as part of the MLPA Baseline establishment studies for catch and release. Good fishing. Good weather.

Huli Cat Collaborative Research 8/4 by Tom Mattusch (8/04/2008)
Collaborative research to establish baseline for marine reserve. Set traps for rockfish in shallow water. Caught fish, crabs and starfish.

Huli Cat Rockcod for 8/3/08 by Tom Mattusch (8/03/2008)
15 limits of rockcod, 9 ingcod, 1 salmon. Weather was better than forecast, cool and comfortable. Still some leftover swell from offshore winds.

Huli Cat Rockcod Fishing Report Three Rocks, San Gregorio & Martins Beach by Tom Mattusch (8/01/2008)
15 limits of rockcod and 6 lingcod. Three rocks, San Gregorio and Martins Beach. Soem oeftover swell from the outside.

Rockcod Fishing Report Three Rocks Half Moon Bay by Tom Mattusch (7/31/2008)
16 imits of rockfish with 2 lingcod. Travel time was short, wind was very moderate. Swell was very managable.

Sunday July 27 rockcod and lingcod by Tom Mattusch (7/27/2008)
Huli Cat fished the Three Rocks Area. 13 limits of rockcod and 3 lingcod. Wind was down the the swell was still quite noticeable.

Fishing report aboard the RIPTIDE 7/17/8 by William Smith (7/17/2008)
A great day offishing for Rock fish and ling cod abpard the party boat RIPTIDE.Which is in Half Moon Bay. In the san Francisco bay area

Huli Cat 7/12 Rockfish by Tom Mattusch (7/13/2008)
Huli Cat fished the Three Rocks area, past Martins to San Gregorio. Five limits of rockfish. Fishing was on the slow side.

Farallon Islands July 9 Coastside Fishing Club by Tom Mattusch (7/10/2008)
Ran out to the Farallon Islands for Rockfishing. Weather was absolutely perfect, little to no swell or wind. Visibility was excellent, whales, bait and birds all over.

Huli Cat Rockfish for 7/6/08 by Tom Mattusch (7/06/2008)
Rockfish limits with lingocd bonus in the Three Rocks area. Wind was only on the otuside. Water is warming up.

End of Crab and more rockfish, June 29 by Tom Mattusch (6/30/2008)
June 30 is the end of Dungeness crab season, pulled the pots. Excellent weather, little wind made for easy pot pulling. Rockfished after crabbing.

Farallon Islands, 6/27/08 by Tom Mattusch (6/30/2008)
Fished the Farallon Islands for rockcod. Huli Cat fished west of the Pimple. 3/4 limits plus lingcod.

Huli Cat Crab N Dab by Tom Mattusch (5/25/2008)
Huli Cat went out with 6 people for some late season Dungness crab and sand dab fishing. Weather was superb, hardly even a breat of wind. Limits of Dungeness and Sanddabs enough for a meal.

Huli Cat rockcod crab combo by Tom Mattusch (5/18/2008)
Huli Cat fished below Pigeon Point for rockfish, about 20 miles frm Pillar Point Harbor. After trying for rockfish, Huli Cat ran up to its crab gear to get crab for interested anglers.

Dungeness Crab for February 9, 2008 by Tom Mattusch (2/09/2008)
80 Dungeness and 10 Rockcrab, killer whales sited, grey whale out of Half Moon Bay, CA

August Fishing Off The San Mateo Coast by William Smith (9/04/2007)
Fishing with an old friend Peg. We started out rock fishing. But got a couple of surprises.

Farallon Islands Rockfish Fishing by Tom Mattusch (8/13/2007)
16 limits of rockfish and 4 lingcod. Rough to start, better as the day progressed. Fog came in and the winds subsided.

Tuna Fishing Half Moon Bay California by Tom Mattusch (8/05/2007)
14 Alabacore, 1 Yellowtail, 1 Spanish Mackerel

Huli Cat Salmon & Crab for by Tom Mattusch (5/24/2007)
3 anglers got 1 a rod. Limis of crab for anglers and crew. Incredible whale show in between bites.

Huli Cat limits to 25 pounds by Tom Mattusch (5/10/2007)
5 limits of salmon to 25 pounds. Fished outside the Deep Reef, 10 miles from Half Moon Bay. Trolled Anchovy and used some lures.

Salmon Trolling San Mateo Coast by William Smith (5/09/2007)
Salmon Trolling Along the San Francisco, San Mateo coast

5 salmon close to Harbor by Tom Mattusch (5/06/2007)
5 chinook salmon to 26 pounds. 7 limits of Dungeness Crab. A handfull of Coonstripe Shrimp for a bonus

Rockcod and crab for Friday 5/4 Huli Cat by Tom Mattusch (5/04/2007)
12 Limits of Dungeness crab. Limits of rockfish consisting of yellow tail rockfish, blues, lots of coppers, some nice vermillions and a few boccaccio.

Pigeon Point Fishing - Montara Crabbing by Tom Mattusch (5/03/2007)
Limits of rockcod for 9 anglers. Limtis of Dungeness crab for 9 anglers.

Rockfish & Lingcod Opener 5/1 Huli Cat by Tom Mattusch (5/01/2007)
12 anglers took 7 lingcod. Numerous big reds were taken by bar fishermen. Other rockfish were also caught at various depths.

Huli Cat crab and Shrimp report by Tom Mattusch (3/29/2007)
Limits of crab for 10 passengers plus a few for the crew plus some Coonstripe Shrimp.

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